Human rights defenders take issue with hands-off response to recent COVID protests – CBC
‘They would’ve called in the army on us,’ says activist for Indigenous rights
Feb 04, 2022
Activists who have spent much of their lives standing up for basic human rights say they’re hurt by the response they’re seeing to the recent protests against vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions.
In Ottawa and elsewhere across Canada, protesters have been rallying and honking their horns for days now, trying to get their messages across.
Joan Jack is no stranger to protests. As a lawyer and activist, originally from Berens River First Nation in Manitoba, Jack has been on the front lines of many other occupations calling for justice and freedom from violence and aggression against Indigenous people.
She believes the response by police and government to the recent rallies against restrictions and vaccines would be different if Indigenous people were the ones protesting.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/trucker-rallies-human-rights-reax-1.6339070
